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and i know officially the snow count in the city is 21.8 inches. but that's not really where the reality of the situation is. if you come to neighborhoods like this in south boston you see the magnitude of what has happened here. you've got drifting, drifts of snow that have literally buried cars like this one. i know it's hard to make it out, but if i climb up, you see this is actually the hood of this car here. and if you look up the street here it's that situation going all the way up the street on all the side streets out here, as well. the story here in boston, poppy, it's going to be the big dig. everyone coming out of their homes or at least a lot of people coming out of their homes in this neighborhood trying to do what they can to dig. i've got rich here, rich, let me bring you in. i know you were digging this morning for, what, an hour you were out here digging? >> yeah. >> reporter: how has it been for you so far? >> it's been good. car's out. i turned the car on. opened the doors. >> reporter: you were one of the lucky ones. you spent y
and i know officially the snow count in the city is 21.8 inches. but that's not really where the reality of the situation is. if you come to neighborhoods like this in south boston you see the magnitude of what has happened here. you've got drifting, drifts of snow that have literally buried cars like this one. i know it's hard to make it out, but if i climb up, you see this is actually the hood of this car here. and if you look up the street here it's that situation going all the way up the...
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it takes place in 17 cities across the country. today they raised more than $250,000. but why oh why do they do it in february? >> well, it's part of the coupe cupid thing. >> i'm a very dedicated runner, but i had to work this morning form. >> just write them a check, forgo the whole -- >> aung long as the check clears. >>> a beautiful day outside once you could get outside of the wind. it was a ferociously windy saturday morning. the winds are finally starting to die down. tomorrow will be a much more pleasant day to be outside. for now, the skies are clear, the wind is fading down to almost nothing, so that is welcome news. our high today, even with all the winds out there, we managed to crack the 40 degrees mark. 43 officially for our high today at national airport after a 31-degree start. not too far off from our average this time of year. snow lovers, tomorrow marks exactly three years since it essentially stopped snowing here in washington. the february 9-10 blizzard was the last good one we had. 13.6 inches of snow combined in the last three years. boston had a
it takes place in 17 cities across the country. today they raised more than $250,000. but why oh why do they do it in february? >> well, it's part of the coupe cupid thing. >> i'm a very dedicated runner, but i had to work this morning form. >> just write them a check, forgo the whole -- >> aung long as the check clears. >>> a beautiful day outside once you could get outside of the wind. it was a ferociously windy saturday morning. the winds are finally starting...
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it will be a decent day for new york city. the sun's coming out. don't let it fool you. watch the generators, all the carbon monoxide. you can't turn your oven on and hope it will warm your house that's putting carbon monoxide in your house. there's natural gas running it but it's very dangerous to try to do that, deb. >> you can understand the people are desperate to kind of keep warm. it's better to err on the side of caution when there's so much unknown. thanks so much. >>> on the west coast, police will use helicopters to try to find an elusive and accused killer. they're going to use infrared to try to spot him as he remains on the run. christopher dorner used to be one of their own. a former los angeles police officer. now, he blames many in law enforcement for losing his job. he is now vowing revenge. dorner is accused of killing three people already. we're live in los angeles. how confident are police, paul, that there's going to be catching someone who's got the kind of training that dorner seems to have? >>. >> reporter: well, they say, and they have vowed from
it will be a decent day for new york city. the sun's coming out. don't let it fool you. watch the generators, all the carbon monoxide. you can't turn your oven on and hope it will warm your house that's putting carbon monoxide in your house. there's natural gas running it but it's very dangerous to try to do that, deb. >> you can understand the people are desperate to kind of keep warm. it's better to err on the side of caution when there's so much unknown. thanks so much. >>> on...
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side of the road south of the capital city of santiago, chile. it happened at 2:00 am when the driver apparently lost control and the bus plummeted 100 feet, carrying 45 fans of the ohigans soccer team. >>> michelle obama will attend today's funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton, chicago honor student and band majorette was gunned down a week after performing at president obama's inauguration. athena jones is following the story in chicago. this is a heartbreaking story. >> reporter: it really is. the first lady was heart broken to learn about the death of hadiya pendleton, according to her office. she wanted to come here to this funeral today to offer her condolences to pendleton's family and loved ones. first lady michelle obama is returning to her hometown to attend the funeral of 15-year-old hadiya pendleton, a bystander shot dead in the chicago park a week after she performed at the president's inauguration. vice president biden memoriali e memorialized the young honor student in a speech to house democrats. >> this was no ordinary child.
side of the road south of the capital city of santiago, chile. it happened at 2:00 am when the driver apparently lost control and the bus plummeted 100 feet, carrying 45 fans of the ohigans soccer team. >>> michelle obama will attend today's funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton, chicago honor student and band majorette was gunned down a week after performing at president obama's inauguration. athena jones is following the story in chicago. this is a heartbreaking story. >>...
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the city of plymouth itself, however, 90% of the homes and businesses are without power. so it is the sun is coming up, it's going to be a very long day for bostonians, but for now, people are staying home and staying off the roads and officials hope it stays that way. poppy, back to you in providence. >> reporter: absolutely, susan. i've been standing out here for far too many hours, folks. it's very cold, and there's plenty of snow for a while for you to play in. so don't worry about getting out. i want to take our viewers to the extreme weather center in atlanta to alexandra steele who has an eye on the entire situation. alexandra, what are you seeing? >> good morning, poppy. well, where poppy is, things are going to come to an end. beginning in new york city this morning. so let's just show you what we've seen thus far. hamden, connecticut, in new haven county, 34 inches of snow. madison right along the shoreline on 95, 32 inches, in new jersey, 15, worcester, massachusetts, 10, new haven at 24, islip, 11 inches and in new york city at central park, 8 inches thus far.
the city of plymouth itself, however, 90% of the homes and businesses are without power. so it is the sun is coming up, it's going to be a very long day for bostonians, but for now, people are staying home and staying off the roads and officials hope it stays that way. poppy, back to you in providence. >> reporter: absolutely, susan. i've been standing out here for far too many hours, folks. it's very cold, and there's plenty of snow for a while for you to play in. so don't worry about...
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first, the blizzard smacking the northeast with hurricane force winds and bearing some cities in more than 2 feet of snow. >>> and the manhunt underway in southern california. police say chris dorner is armed and dangerous. first, though, let's keep you updated on the massive blizzard. you have to look at how big this storm really is. check out the image from space, nasa is the one that provides this to us. the storm looks like a hurricane. and it's packing winds like a hurricane, 65 miles per hour or more in some places. that wind when you combine it with heavy snow is knocking out power. this morning, more than 650,000 homes and businesses across nine states now have no electricity and more than half of those are in massachusetts alone. we now know the storm has claimed at least one person's life. police say someone died in a storm-related crash in poughkeepsie, new york, please be careful if you're out traveling. also the storm has caused more than 1,700 flights to be canceled today. and that number is certainly expected to increase. there will be no flights out of boston's logan u
first, the blizzard smacking the northeast with hurricane force winds and bearing some cities in more than 2 feet of snow. >>> and the manhunt underway in southern california. police say chris dorner is armed and dangerous. first, though, let's keep you updated on the massive blizzard. you have to look at how big this storm really is. check out the image from space, nasa is the one that provides this to us. the storm looks like a hurricane. and it's packing winds like a hurricane, 65...
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there are 101 cities in the nine bay area countries. it's difficult to tell unless you see the city limit signs. paul challenged civic leaders to dissolve the line if the opportunity arises. >> what you have to do is catch the moment when a politician or leader is retiring, maybe it's time to combine our city manager positions or fire departments. >> he spoke at state of the valley conference suggest going to the bay area should think of it as a city state that works cooperatively while saving money and improving services. some bay area services have recognized the benefits of consolidation. los gatos police also serve other residents. >> the bay area has 6 million people and lots of fire department. l.a. county costs less per citizen and they have a fleet of nine fire helicopters. the bay area has no fire helps at all. >> the president of the chamber of commerce embraces the concept. >> we really do as a bay area region how we cooperate and how we consolidate operations from a public sector to really give our taxpayers more bang for th
there are 101 cities in the nine bay area countries. it's difficult to tell unless you see the city limit signs. paul challenged civic leaders to dissolve the line if the opportunity arises. >> what you have to do is catch the moment when a politician or leader is retiring, maybe it's time to combine our city manager positions or fire departments. >> he spoke at state of the valley conference suggest going to the bay area should think of it as a city state that works cooperatively...
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in quincy massachusetts, almost the entire city was in the dark. >> your address, ma'am. >> reporter: the calls for help streamed into the emergency operations center, most from residents stranded at home with no heat. officer cheryl potter evacuated joannie alvarado and her baby daughter. it was potter's tenth rescue today. have you ever seen anything like this before? >> no, i haven't. not in my lifetime. >> reporter: heavy, wet snow and hurricane-force wind gusts toppled trees and power lines. nancy reid is the president of the power company for the region. when is the power coming back? >> well, this is going to be a multiday event. you know, this could be-- it could be monday. it could be tuesday. people need to brace themselveses and they need to find shelter if they're cold. >> reporter: alvarado and her daughter will spend the night in the gym of this local high school until power is restored. to help massachusetts get power restored to neighborhoods like this, new york's governor is promising to send utility workers to help in the cleanup. tonight, temperatures in the boston
in quincy massachusetts, almost the entire city was in the dark. >> your address, ma'am. >> reporter: the calls for help streamed into the emergency operations center, most from residents stranded at home with no heat. officer cheryl potter evacuated joannie alvarado and her baby daughter. it was potter's tenth rescue today. have you ever seen anything like this before? >> no, i haven't. not in my lifetime. >> reporter: heavy, wet snow and hurricane-force wind gusts...
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this is a live picture from new york city where you can see the snow piling up. it is all part of a massive storm pummeling the northeast including high winds and threats of flooding. the national weather service says up to three feet of snow could fall on new england before the end of the weekend 5,000 homes and businesses are without power with massachusetts and rhode island the hardest hit. a coastal flood warning is in affect from new york to main and governors in five states have already declared a state of emergency. >> this will allow us to implement emergency measures to ensure the safety of our residents and take appropriate steps to mobilize state assets. there are a thousand national guard members on duty now. we expect to build that up to nearly 5,000 over the course of the weekend. >> massachusetts took the rare step of banning most car travel on state roads. connecticut has closed state highways to all but emergency vehicles. and the northeast storm has forced more than 4700 flight cancellations and 83 of those were in and out of sfo today. all majo
this is a live picture from new york city where you can see the snow piling up. it is all part of a massive storm pummeling the northeast including high winds and threats of flooding. the national weather service says up to three feet of snow could fall on new england before the end of the weekend 5,000 homes and businesses are without power with massachusetts and rhode island the hardest hit. a coastal flood warning is in affect from new york to main and governors in five states have already...
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but in boston, the mayor says the situation could have been much worse. >> i'm happy to report the city so far has weathered the storm well. no major power outages. no severe flooding. we still have a little way to go. to get to the rest of the storm. >> reporter: this is the scene at boston's logan airport today. snowplows working around the clock. if the snowplows won't or can't come, some residents are taking matters into their own hands, shoveling the snow themselves, to find their cars again. >> i hope this is my car. >> reporter: how long have you been at it? >> about an hour. >> reporter: looks like you've made some headway here. how much longer do you think you have to go? >> at least two more. >> reporter: across the region, driving is treacherous. if you don't have to venture out, officials say, please don't. as for the airports, they too are struggling to recover from closures and delays over the past 24 hours. more than 5,000 flights had to be cancelled, due to this walloping blizzard. and this walloping blizzard has given way to walloping temperatures. wow, what a differenc
but in boston, the mayor says the situation could have been much worse. >> i'm happy to report the city so far has weathered the storm well. no major power outages. no severe flooding. we still have a little way to go. to get to the rest of the storm. >> reporter: this is the scene at boston's logan airport today. snowplows working around the clock. if the snowplows won't or can't come, some residents are taking matters into their own hands, shoveling the snow themselves, to find...
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do you feel like the city was prepared? was this the biggest blizzard you've seensome. >> they did a really good job, very thorough. they've been working all day. fantastic. >> you felt like you were prepared for the storm? >> yep. we stayed inside. it was great. >> until now, right? i want to keep you updated. we still have 415,000 people without power. we still do have until 4:00 today stay off the roads because the governor tweet ed he's goin to lift that at 4:00 p.m. we haven't heard word on public transportation just yet. >> all right, indra. thank you. i'm glad that you showed the kids out playing because in some places obviously like where that you are would be fun. where i am, where the winds are gusting and the boughs are still heavy, i'm not so sure i would have my kids outside at this point. i have two little kids in connecticut. if you're watching, boys, stay inside with your dad because those boughs can break and we can have lots of -- check it out over here if you can. scoot over here. there you go. that's wha
do you feel like the city was prepared? was this the biggest blizzard you've seensome. >> they did a really good job, very thorough. they've been working all day. fantastic. >> you felt like you were prepared for the storm? >> yep. we stayed inside. it was great. >> until now, right? i want to keep you updated. we still have 415,000 people without power. we still do have until 4:00 today stay off the roads because the governor tweet ed he's goin to lift that at 4:00 p.m....
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a lot of those folks are on the south shore, south of the city of boston, on cape cod, that's where the snow has been heavier and damper. it's been more likely to bring them the trees and the power lines. but it's a long night ahead. the snow's expected to intensify and to continue overnight. up to 3 feet, is what we could be seeing here. that's why they say this could be a history-making storm. >> thank you. that wind, 54 miles per hour, that's fast and losing power in that cold temperature is going to be brutal for so many people. jamie kol bee is live in midtown, manhattan. >> reporter: greta, you know, it's virtually impossible to get where you want to go today, tonight, even tomorrow, no matter how you plan on traveling. so authorities are asking folks to stay home. they want to you take the storm seriously. fox news can report at least two deaths due to storm-related injuries. both car pileup, one, a man lost control of his car and went into a tree. another, another car that lost control killed someone that was crossing the street, a pedestrian. and also, at the area airports, wha
a lot of those folks are on the south shore, south of the city of boston, on cape cod, that's where the snow has been heavier and damper. it's been more likely to bring them the trees and the power lines. but it's a long night ahead. the snow's expected to intensify and to continue overnight. up to 3 feet, is what we could be seeing here. that's why they say this could be a history-making storm. >> thank you. that wind, 54 miles per hour, that's fast and losing power in that cold...
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a lot of those folks are in the south shore, south of the city of boston, on cape cod. that's where the -- where the snow has been a bit heavier and damper. it's been more likely to bring down the trees and powerlines. but it's a long night ahead. the snow is expected to intensify, to continue overnight, and up to 3 feet is what we could be seeing here in boston. that's why they say this could be a history-making storm. greta? >> greta: molly, thank you. that wind at 54 miles an hour, that is fast and, you know, losing power in that cold temperatures, going to be brutal for so many people. thank you, molly. fox news correspondent jamie colby is live in midtown manhattan. jamie? >> greta, you know, it's virtually impossible to get wherever you want to go today, tonight, even tomorrow, no matter how you plan on traveling, which chris authorities are asking folks to stay home. they want you to take the storm seriously. fox news can now report at least two deaths due to storm-related injuries. both car pile-ups. one a man lost control of his car and inten went into a tree.
a lot of those folks are in the south shore, south of the city of boston, on cape cod. that's where the -- where the snow has been a bit heavier and damper. it's been more likely to bring down the trees and powerlines. but it's a long night ahead. the snow is expected to intensify, to continue overnight, and up to 3 feet is what we could be seeing here in boston. that's why they say this could be a history-making storm. greta? >> greta: molly, thank you. that wind at 54 miles an hour,...
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, one of the best in the city of chicago named after whitney young and the first lady went to and graduated from whitney young high school, and what do you believe he would say about violence in schools? >> that the job is not done enough to have people have a stake in their communities enou enough, and also to try to build bridges between never the community, and between the people who are disempowered with the jobs they need to become stakeholders, but he would also say to the people who are in the chambers of commerce that you have a vested interest in protect ing t protecting the city, too. so i think that this is the kind of bridge building that he did. it was not about black or white, but that we all have a stake in this together. so he would be trying to find the points of consensus where things could get done and better housing jobs and so forth could empower young people to not become violent. >> given how inclusive he was, he was a scout. there is a boy scout award named for whitney young. what do you think that he would say about the inclusion of gay men and boys openly in the bo
, one of the best in the city of chicago named after whitney young and the first lady went to and graduated from whitney young high school, and what do you believe he would say about violence in schools? >> that the job is not done enough to have people have a stake in their communities enou enough, and also to try to build bridges between never the community, and between the people who are disempowered with the jobs they need to become stakeholders, but he would also say to the people...
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wonder in the city about whether or not this might be one for the record books. the record was 2003, 27.5 inches. so as people try to dig out, they try to get power back, we'll wait and see what the final number was. mike? >> tory, right now, 12:30 on the east coast. are you noticing people coming out of their homes right now, or is it pretty quiet out there on the streets where you are in boston? >> reporter: let me actually take you over here so you can take a look at that. hopefully you'll be able to see. but some people out and about with their dogs playing in this park here. more and more people sort of as the day goes on, but not the amount you would see on a regular saturday out here. we're in a very popular area off of state street, lots of restaurants. maybe people getting the a little bit of cabin fever, although they are still being told stay off the roadways until at least 4:00 eastern this afternoon. >> tory, you mentioned about an hour ago the possibility of flooding if the temperatures start to warm mountain coming week. and that could happen proba
wonder in the city about whether or not this might be one for the record books. the record was 2003, 27.5 inches. so as people try to dig out, they try to get power back, we'll wait and see what the final number was. mike? >> tory, right now, 12:30 on the east coast. are you noticing people coming out of their homes right now, or is it pretty quiet out there on the streets where you are in boston? >> reporter: let me actually take you over here so you can take a look at that....
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and the rest of the city, the big digout. once these plows come down the streets it creates mounds on both sides and buries these cars. these two have been at it for an hour and a half. they probably have another hour or so to go. you can see it's just car after car after car that's buried. you've got snowplows and salters that are out on the roads trying to do what they can to make the conditions a little easier. last night you remember i was in this parking lot and i'm not sure if you remember i was talking to anderson cooper and this plower actually got stuck. he's back here today. he has completely reteemed himself. brian, i want to talk about some of the challenges you face being out on the roads trying to clear so people can get through. >> well, a lot of people are trying to clean their cars out and sidewalks and, you know, we're trying to keep it off the street and just getting around on the corners. >> the travel ban is still in effect so only emergency vehicles are out. but you can tell people how difficult the cond
and the rest of the city, the big digout. once these plows come down the streets it creates mounds on both sides and buries these cars. these two have been at it for an hour and a half. they probably have another hour or so to go. you can see it's just car after car after car that's buried. you've got snowplows and salters that are out on the roads trying to do what they can to make the conditions a little easier. last night you remember i was in this parking lot and i'm not sure if you...
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latest pictures from new york city, the city was actually spared the brunt of the storm, but there's still cars buried under know in the outlies areas. there's 38,000 connecticut residents without power, and new york commuter rail lines are back in service in massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, they have all lifted travel bans there as well. >>> it's the end of the era and could be the beginning of the end of an institution. to try and save money the postal service announced beginning august, it will end saturday delivery service. the post office lost $16 billion last year alone. the news took many by surprise. but it was shocking to find out that the post office has managed to last this long says "the daily show." >> sorry, where do you want me to take that? hawaii? no problem, you got a quarter, i will get it there in two days. >> i want to bring in patrick donahoe, post master general of the united states. good to see you, sir, thank you for coming in on that saturday. before we get to saturday delivery and how we can save the post office. let's start with the blizzard in th
latest pictures from new york city, the city was actually spared the brunt of the storm, but there's still cars buried under know in the outlies areas. there's 38,000 connecticut residents without power, and new york commuter rail lines are back in service in massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, they have all lifted travel bans there as well. >>> it's the end of the era and could be the beginning of the end of an institution. to try and save money the postal service announced...